Showing posts with label Recommended 1974. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recommended 1974. Show all posts

Saturday, February 19, 2011

0193 The Golem


The Golem
Episode 0193
Original Air Date: December 30, 1974

A man decides to help a young Jewish woman and her grandfather hide from the Nazi soldiers that are pursuing them. The grandfather begins to construct a creature from ancient Hebrew legend that will save the jews from their pursuers.

Cast: Robert Lansing, Mildred Clinton, Patricia Elliot, Ralph Bell, Robert Dryden

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

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0192 Turnabout Is Foul Play


Turnabout Is Foul Play
Episode 0192
Original Air Date: December 26, 1974

A man conspires with his girlfriend to off his wealthy, but sick wife. He changes his mind at the last minute, but somebody else does the job for him. With all the evidence he has created, he has to convince the cops that he changed his mind.

Cast: Mason Adams, Vicky Viola, Marian Seldes, Jackson Beck, Sidney Slon

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: ***

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0184 The Fatal Connection


The Fatal Connection
Episode 0184
Original Air Date: December 9, 1974

An expecting married couple inherits a home with a secret room furnished in 1890s decor. The phone has the power to send them back in time to live the lives of their ancestors. Their ancestors were not nice people.

Cast: Nick Pryor, Jennifer Harmon, Robert Maxwell, Joan Shea

Writer: Fielden Farrington

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Discussions continue on energy policy, Energy Resources Council to meet with President-elect Carter at Camp David, Israeli Foreign Relations Minister met with President Ford, New York mayor will declare health emergency if milk delivery people do not return to work, touch and go situation for recently born sextuplats. Portland Mayor Goldsmith will trim $2.3 million from city budget, Governor orders state agencies to cut energy use by 15 percent, Army Corps suspends two employees for illegal land purchase, Search of reservoir will resume for missing duck hunters, Bonneville bombers to be sentenced, Portland to auction off 100 bicycles, Redskins beat Rams 23-17, Coal miners reach tentative agreement on contract, President Ford to discuss the economy, German built satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, Nobel prizes awarded in Stockholm,

Commercials: Vantage Press, Dubanai Wine, Buick Century Regal, Leukemia PSA, IRS PSA, Budweiser, Better Business Bureau PSA, Contac, Post Office Christmas Mail, Buick, National Audobon Society, Vantage Press, Dubanai Wine,

0174 The 36th Man


The 36th Man
Episode 0174
Original Air Date: November 14, 1974

According to Hebrew legend their must be 36 saintly men in this world for it to go on. In this episode, Satan sets out to seduce and corrupt the newest member of this brotherhood.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Robert Harris, Carol Teitel, Ann Pitoniak, Ross Martin

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

0165 A Cage For Augie Karo


A Cage For Augie Karo
Episode 0165
Original Air Date: October 24, 1974

A professional burglar finds the solution to the perfect crime while in prison. Another inmate offers him a powder that will let him sleep for hundreds of years. But what will the world be when he wakes up?

Cast: Leon Janney, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster, Robert Maxwell

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Commercials: Budweiser, HRM health plan, American Lung Association PSA, Buick LeSabre, IRS PSA, Contac, Hasselman's Chevrolet, anti-drug PSA,

0164 See Naples And Die


See Naples And Die
Episode 0164
Original Air Date: October 23, 1974

A Senator who is aspiring to be President has a daughter who is consorting in Europe with a known criminal being investigated by the Senator's committee. He is afraid she is going to wreck his career.

Cast: Michael Wager, Marian Seldes, Larry Haines, Dan Ocko, Ken Harvey

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

Recorded from WHCU Ithica, NY

News: Nelson Rockefeller admits he was aware of an illegal payment by race track vendors, NY GOP Chairman takes fifth in the matter, Congresional committees get Rockefeler's income statement as they consider him for Vice President, President Ford says heavy Democrats gains in next month's election could endange bipartisanship and world peace, Sen. Hubet Humphrey says it is an unfair tactics, Ford Surprised by criticsim, FBI stumped in search for Patty Hearst, Boeing says its in discusions with Russians for purchase of planes,

Commercials: Buick Century Regal, Save the Children, Cub Scouts, Careers without Colllege, Better Busines Bureau, Budweiser, USO PSA, 1975 Buick, Assistance to the Blind PSA, United Way PSA, Time magazine profiles Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda,

0159 The Doll


The Doll
Episode 0159
Original Air Date: October 10, 1974

A professor uses a voodoo doll to win the affection of the young woman of his desires. The young woman is his niece whom he helped raise.

cast: Joanne Linville, Virginia Gregg, Karl Swenson, Ian Martin

Writer: Henry Slesar

Rating: ***

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0158 Trapped


Trapped
Episode 0158
Original Air Date: October 9, 1974

A bedridden woman is convinced that her husband and her new nurse are going to kill her. She conspires with her old nurse to stay alive.

Cast: Nina Foch, Charles Aidman, Joan Tompkins, Joe DeSantis, Leslie Woods

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: ***

Commercials: 1975 Buick Century Regal, Jobs without college PSA, McDonalds, Contac, Tru Value Hardware, Budweiser, McDonalds, 1975 Buick, Save the Children,

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

0155 The Bride That Wasn't


The Bride That Wasn't
Episode 0155
Original Air Date: October 1, 1974

A woman travels to her fiance's house to visit only to find that neither he nor his mother recognize her. She is dumbfounded when the man who proposed marriage to her just two weeks prior has no recollection of their meeting.

Cast: Janet Waldo, Anne Seymour, Bill Quinn, Lorraine Tuttle, Bernard Barrow

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: ***

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0154 Murder To Perfection


Murder To Perfection
Episode 0154
Original Air Date: September 30, 1974

A woman's brother in law to be confesses to her that he killed her sister and another, earlier wife. He promises to kill her next with the perfect murder.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge, Joseph Campanella, John Newlon

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: ***

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0153 The Spectral Bride


The Spectral Bride
Episode 0153
Original Air Date: September 26, 1974

Despite his remarriage and establishment of a family, a widower compels his former father in law to use a formula he has developed to resurrect his long dead wife from the grave.

Cast: Michael Wager, Joan Loring, Patricia Elliot, Robert Dryden, Jordan Charney

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

Commercials: Budweiser, Frigidaire, 1974 Buick, Tru Value Hardware, Sine Off, Dallas Times Herald, Cub Scouts,

0152 The Deadly Blind Man's Bluff


The Deadly Blind Man's Bluff
Episode 0152
Original Air Date: September 25, 1974

A high elevation riveter loses his sight in an accident. While he maintains his strength and physique through exercise, his emotional health is deteriorating. To make things worse, the construction site where he was working is within ear-shot of their apartment and he is reminded daily with the sound of the riveters. The local beat policemen are familiar with the citizens in their area and warn him and his wife about a murderer that is on the loose. The two shall, of course, meet.

Cast: Mason Adams, Augusta Dabney, Bryna Raeburn, Leon Janny, Earl Hammond

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

Recorded from WOR

News: Army will appeal court order to release Lt. William Calley from Fort Leavanworth, Former president Nixon has a blood clot the size of a dime in his lung. Nixon has been in the hospital for three days. California Supreme Court accepts Nixon's resignation from California Bar. President Ford threatens veto of transportation bill. Jews begin observing Yom Kippur. Moscow police try to clear streets in front of a Russian Synagogue, Commerce Department says America had its highest deficit in August, Hash oil smuggling is emerging as a major international crisis. Search for New Jersey kidnap victim moves to New York. Three bank robbers arraigned in El Paso, TX and they are teenagers,

Commercials: Buick Apollo, Dubanai, Contac, Shop Rite supermarkets, Budweiser, Suburban Savings and Loan, Jet vs. Bills on WOR, 1975 Buick, National Leukemia Society, Delco batteries,

0151 Island Of The Lost


Island Of The Lost
Episode 0151
Original Air Date: September 23, 1974

A older man travels to a remote resort island to surprise his younger girlfriend. He is plagued by doubt in their relationship and eventually doubts his own sanity.

Cast: Norman Rose, Marian Seldes, Ian Martin, Bob Kaliban

Writer: Arnold Moss

Rating: ***

Commercials: Budweiser, Cava Coffee, 1975 Buick Skylark, Tru Value Hardware, Sine Off, 1975 Chevy Vega notch back, USO PSA,

0150 The Garden


The Garden
Episode 0150
Original Air Date: September 19, 1974

A man and woman find themselves trapped in a mysterious jungle occupied by a kind woman and an evil giant. The offer themselves to the giant in exchange for his aid. They soon regret that bargain.

Cast: Jennifer Harmon, Jack Grimes, Nancy Coleman, Joe Silver

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: ***

News: Communists lead in long range missile capability, China building its nuclear capability. Sen. Stennis says the stats are wrong and our Navy is superior, Special Prosecutor Jaworski subpoenas Richard Nixon, Republic of Ireland foreign minister says protestants are starting to understand problems of working class Catholics, Senate does not vote on consumers' rights bill, Congress deadlocks on public financing of congressional campaigns, Ford's chairman of Council of Economic Advisors says Wall Street brokers hurt most by inflation, White police officer who shot black New York teen loses job, Mistrial in New Jersey State Treasurer trial, Nixon nominee to federal judgeship embattled, Two gamblers shot to death by gang in mob wars, A draft dodger surrenders in New York under Ford's partial amnesty program,

Commercials: Rambling with Gambling, Jean Shepherd Show, Buick Apollo, Buick Century Regal, Shop Rite supermarkets, Budweiser, Suburban Savings and Loan, In Conversation radio show, Bob and Ray radio show,

Monday, February 14, 2011

0144 Deadline For Death


Deadline For Death
Episode 0144
Original Air Date: September 5, 1974

Johnny Promo (aka: Johnny Promise) promises a witness against him that he will die within thirty days after Johnny's execution.

Cast: Guy Repp, June Gable, Michael Tolan, Joseph Julian

Writer: Arnold Moss

Rating: ***

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0142 The Return Of Anatole Chevenic


The Return Of Anatole Chevenic
Episode 0142
Original Air Date: September 2, 1974

A young, poor man is consistently brow beat and nagged by his rich uncle who continually taunts him with his money. In a fit of rage. he kills his uncle. His tangled web of lies comes unspun slowly and painfully.

Cast: Alexander Scourby, Ann Pitoniak, Gilbert Mack, Sidney Slon

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: ***

Recorded from KRLD Dallas

Commercials: Dial Soap, Dallas Tornadoes Soccer, Marine Corps Reserve, Federal Land Bank, Buick, Dial Soap, Budweiser, Armor Hot Dogs, KRLD Scholarship, Better Business Bureau PSA, Wyatt's Cafeteria,

Sunday, February 13, 2011

0129 The Picture Of Dorian Gray


The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Episode 0129
Original Air Date: August 7, 1974

A young man strikes the Faustian bargain in exchange for eternal youth. As his soul is consumed by the evil of his bargain, a portrait changes to reflect the ugliness of his soul.

Cast: Nick Pryor, Norman Rose, Roger Dekovan

Writer: George Lowther adaptation of Oscar Wilde novella

Rating: ***

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0125 The Only Blood


The Only Blood
Episode 0125
Original Air Date: July 31, 1974

An immigrant shoe repairer refuses to pay protection to the mob, so they hit him. He vows revenge in the form of murder. Meanwhile, the head of the mob must reconcile his chosen profession with the love of his daughter.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Ken Harvey, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden, Jack Grimes.

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

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0119 The Real Printer's Devil


The Real Printer's Devil
Episode 0119
Original Air Date: July 17, 1974

A young couple think they've stumbled onto a bargain in a cheap, Central Park West apartment. Apartment 13 is haunted.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin, Jada Rowland

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

Recorded from KCBS San Francisco

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Commercials: Sports Illustrated, Social Security, Bank of America Alpha Account,

Saturday, February 12, 2011

0114 The Young Die Good


The Young Die Good
Episode 0114
Original Air Date: July 4, 1974

A couple moves in next door to a strange house with a strange inhabitant. One sees an old, desicated woman. The other sees a young attractive woman. The difference of vision exacerbates their marital difficulties.

Cast: Patricia Elliot, Carol Teitel, Ira Lewis, Dan Ocko

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: ***

Commercials: CBS soap operas Young and the Restless and As the World Turns, Tru Value Hardware, Red Cross PSA, Serta Perfect Sleeper, Snap barbecue sauce, Interfaith Hunger Appeal PSA, Country Time Lemonade, Kodak Colorburst 250 and 350, Channel 56 (Detroit) goes to 24 hours of broadcasting, Pip Printing, White Westinghouse, Sheka (book), CBS television 24th Junior Miss Pageant,